Please help with one or all of the following 5 questions:

Builtrite had sales of $700,000 and COGS of $280,000.In addition, operating expenses were calculated at 25% of sales.Builtrite also received dividends of $50,000 and paid out common stock dividends of $25,000 to its stockholders.A long-term capital gain of $70,000 was realized during the year along with a capital loss of $50,000

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1.If we add to our problem that Builtrite also had $10,000 in interest expense, how much would this interest expense cost Builtriteafter taxes?

$17,000

$12,200

$6,100

$3,900

2.IfBuiltritehad experienced a long-term capital loss of $30,000 (instead of the $50,000 long-term capital loss stated in the problem), and still had the $70,000 long-term capital gain stated in the problem, which of the following is correct (compared to the original answer):

taxable income would increase by an additional $40,000

taxable income would increase by an additional $20,000

taxable income would increase by an additional $25,000

taxable income would not change

3.(This problem is not related to the above problem) Last yearBuiltritehad retained earnings of $140,000.This year,Builtritehadtruenet profits after taxesof $65,000 which includes common stock dividends received of $10,000,and also paid a preferred dividend of $35,000.What isBuiltrite'snew level of retained earnings?

$180,000

$190,000

$200,000

$170,000